Little Anna Plays with Balls

By Inger and Lasse Sandberg

Anna is a little girl who likes to do things by herself. She likes to build things and she prefers to make her own decisions. She knows how to, for she is a clever little girl!  This book is a playful way of learning all about where things are through little Anna’s love of playing with her big yellow ball and red small ball. However, Anna’s red ball is missing, and she needs help finding it by searching around her home. She shows how things are over, under, behind and in front of something. Where will she find her red ball? First published in 1973, the book’s artwork and style were updated in 2014.  

Publishing information

Year of publication

2014

Page count

40

Original title

Lilla Anna leker med bollar

Original language

Swedish

Original publisher

Rabén & Sjögren

About the author

Photo of Inger and Lasse Sandberg for Rights and Brands Literary Rights.

Swedish cartoonist and illustrator Lasse Sandberg and teacher and author Inger Sandberg met in the 1950s and started their successful collaboration as a creative team and married couple. Outside the Nordics they are probably best known for their books about Little Anna and Little Ghost Laban. Together Inger and Lasse wrote and illustrated over 100 books and have been nominated and awarded several prestigious prizes, including the Astrid Lindgren prize and Elsa Beskow plaque.

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